Anyone having an issue connecting to streaming services with their Sony blu-ray players tonight? I have the BDP-S770 and it has always streamed flawlessly until the last couple of weeks when it has started to display the "connection error" message. Fortunately after repeated attempts I've been able to get it to work, that is until tonight. None of the streaming services (Amazon, Netflix, etc) will work. I've attempted the typical trouble-shooting--turn off/on, unplug for several minutes ... nothing has worked. The "Internet Status" on the 770 shows as 100% and running "Network Diagnostics" only states that my connection is working. This leads me to believe that the problem is perhaps related to an issue with the Sony servers.

if downloading updates it's best to use hard wired connections wireless can be to flaky in some cases...

bdplayers can be brought for as little $125, though feature set can me quite lackluster and basic, if you want feature sets you will need to spend money and work from there out as you go up in models the more feature sets you may get..

if downloading updates it's best to use hard wired connections wireless can be to flaky in some cases...

bdplayers can be brought for as little $125, though feature set can me quite lackluster and basic, if you want feature sets you will need to spend money and work from there out as you go up in models the more feature sets you may get..

Also, try downloading the update file from Sony Support website and burn to CD-RW disk.

Would there be a reason why my completely updated 770 does not have VUDU?

My updated 770 also does not have VUDU. I emailed Sony customer support to ask them when we could expect to get VUDU on the 770; however they have not provided a response to any of my emails. I also asked this question during a chat session with a Sony tech rep, the rep stated "any day now" ... however this was over a month ago so I'm not optimistic that we'll ever see VUDU.

Unfortunately it appears that Sony has stopped providing "enhancement" updates for the 770 and is only focused on supporting the current models.

A quick Google search shows that Amazon has the best price for the 770. Although you might get a better deal at another online retailer if you are able to find an online coupon/code to lower the price.

As a 770 owner, I highly recommend this blu-ray player ... you can't go wrong with the 770! I would be remiss though if I didn't mention that Amazon has the 780 (the current year Sony flagship blu-ray player) for ~$16 less. I prefer the 770 as I believe it's more solidly constructed; however the 780 is also a great player and has received as many (if not more) great reviews from a number of websites.

Hello all and I hope you guys are having a Happy New Year! I'm new to this thread but a long time owner of this BD player. I'm wondering if you guys are willing to share or recommend best settings of your following screen settings, mine is this:

My BD player is connected via HDMI to my STR-DN1020 AVR and again from AVR to my newly bought TV Sony 55 HX 929 via HDMI. I like to watch mainly BR movies and 3D BR movies. I rarely watch streaming or SD videos. I have most of my settings on auto because to tell you the truth I have no idea what the other settings
mean and so any help or suggestions on the settings to get the best video out of this BR player would be really appreciated. Thank you.

Hi all,
I am having some issues with Amazon Instant video. Specifically on videos with 5.1 sound. (Watching season 6 of Dr. Who now). 2.0 videos play fine.
This unit is connected to a Pioneer Elite VSX-52 receiver.

I am not sure if this is an issue with my receiver or the Blu-Ray player.

With 5.1 videos, the A/V receiver stays in Stereo mode and I seem to only get sound from the left and right speakers. So I get no voices as they would be coming out of the center channel. If I switch inputs on my receiver and then go back, the receiver switches to PCM and I get all 6 channels (5 + sub).

Is there a setting that I should focus on? How can I get it to bitstream 5.1 from Amazon? When I put in a DVD (or switch a blu-ray to Dolby Digital) my A/V receiver recognizes the stream as DD and plays fine. I am not sure why with Amazon it is uses PCM. ALso, not sure why my receiver doesn't id the PCM signal until I switch inputs.

Hi all,
I am having some issues with Amazon Instant video. Specifically on videos with 5.1 sound. (Watching season 6 of Dr. Who now). 2.0 videos play fine.
This unit is connected to a Pioneer Elite VSX-52 receiver.

I am not sure if this is an issue with my receiver or the Blu-Ray player.

With 5.1 videos, the A/V receiver stays in Stereo mode and I seem to only get sound from the left and right speakers. So I get no voices as they would be coming out of the center channel. If I switch inputs on my receiver and then go back, the receiver switches to PCM and I get all 6 channels (5 + sub).

Is there a setting that I should focus on? How can I get it to bitstream 5.1 from Amazon? When I put in a DVD (or switch a blu-ray to Dolby Digital) my A/V receiver recognizes the stream as DD and plays fine. I am not sure why with Amazon it is uses PCM. ALso, not sure why my receiver doesn't id the PCM signal until I switch inputs.

Thanks.

Have you tried setting the BD player "BD Audio Mix" to Off and "Audio (HDMI)" to Auto.

Have you tried setting the BD player "BD Audio Mix" to Off and "Audio (HDMI)" to Auto.

Thanks for the response.
Yes, those are my current settings which work fine for every sound format I use from physical media. TrueHD, DTSMA and Dolby Digital all bitstream just fine from the player to my receiver. For some reason with Amazon instant video it uses 5 channel PCM (rather than bitsream). Which would be ok, but my A/V receiver doesn't recognize it as 5 channel PCM unless I change inputs. It only sees it as 2 channel PCM.

Has anyone had any issues with the 770 optical drives spinning too fast? This player will play everthing so it technically works but....when I play a blu ray, the player may spin so fast, it drowns out my 5.1 If i put in a dvd its quiet and normal. A blu ray will be quiet one minute and two seconds later making this loud noise like the the disc is spinning at 100mph.

I do have 10 months left on the extended service plan. Im just scared if i sent it back, will they just the send me a crappy referbished model that will crap out later. Ive not had good luck with referbished items.

Hello there I can use some quick advise on what proper audio format I should use on mp4's to stream threw a USB thumb drive.

I just recently discovered I can convert mkv movies or download them them as mp4 to play on the blu-ray player (I know old news). Anyways I was testing a file that the video looked fantastic but the audio sounded very low and just in stereo, the file itself is in AAC format. Is it possible that maybe converting all my future videos into lets say AC3 will allow a full surround sound play back?

Please advice on my options, I use a mac so the best program to use would be handbrake with a lot of options for me to choose. Thank you.